The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre (7 p.m., Rogers Sportsnet, TSN Radio 1050). Here are five things you need to know about the Ducks:

1. They are the hottest team in the NHL. The defending Pacific Division champions have won seven straight since a 6-1 loss at Colorado on opening night, tying the longest streak in club history.

2. The Ducks come to town to start a long Eastern road trip and their offence is on fire. Corey Perry had two goals and an assist Sunday in Dallas and Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and three assists and Teemu Selanne extended his goal streak to three games.

3. There's a fair bit of cross-pollination between the teams. In addition to it being Randy Carlyle's first game against the team he coached to the 2007 Stanley Cup title, ex-Ducks on the Leafs include Joffrey Lupul, Jake Gardiner and Troy Bodie. Francois Beauchemin is an ex-Leaf on the Ducks.

5. Anaheim has a two-headed goalie monster, too, with Jonas Hiller and Viktor Fasth. There's no "who's-going-to-start" controversy there, though — at least not this week. Fasth is out with a lower body injury and Hiller, a pending unrestricted free agent, has yet to lose this season.

What the coach says:

“You want to go on the road feeling good about yourselves,” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said after his team swept a five-game homestand for the first time with a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars at Honda Centre. “They knew that, understand it and that's one of the reasons the good leadership came.”

With files from Star wires

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